Legal Opinion

Wilbanks v. State

Court of Appeals of Mississippi

Decided December 4, 2012No. 2011-CP-01831-COAPublished

1Opinion of the Court

CARLTON, J„

for the Court:

¶ 1. Larry R. Wilbanks appeals the judgment of the Alcorn County Circuit Court dismissing his motion for post-conviction relief (PCR) as a successive writ. Wil-banks raises the following assignments of error: whether (1) he failed to enter an intelligent, knowing, and voluntary guilty plea; (2) his confession to law-enforcement officers was coerced and should have been suppressed; (3) his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance; and (4) he received an illegal sentence. Finding no error, we affirm.

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¶ 2. A grand jury before the Alcorn County Circuit Court…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Rowland v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2010
  3. White v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2011
  4. Chandler v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2010
  5. Grogan v. StateCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 2011

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